eBooks: Near the tipping point?
Antony Finkelstein, Professor of Software Systems engineering at UCL thinks we are. See his blog post The Future of the Book.
View ArticleThe potential for tomorrow’s books
From IDEO this short video illustrates some concepts Nelson, Coupland, and Alice — the potential faces of tomorrow’s book. What new experiences might be created by linking diverse discussions, what...
View ArticleShelfari – a virtual book club
Create virtual bookshelves for your books to keep track of what you’ve read. Discuss your favorite books with friends in a virtual book club. You can rate, tag, comment and integrate Shelfari in your...
View ArticleTransmedia: literature conceived, written and created entirely within the...
Inanimate Alice is an example of Transmedia – designed from the outset as a story that unfolds over time and on multiple platforms, the episodes are available on all devices capable of running Adobe’s...
View ArticleeBooks for blind and partially sighted people
How do blind and partially sighted people read eBooks and what difference have they made to people’s lives? Watch this RNIB UK video and listen to blind and visually impaired people talking about why...
View ArticleIs Apple’s New iTextbook Platform Accessible?
There has certainly been a lot of buzz surrounding Apple’s event last week announcing their iTextbooks initiative, which includes iBooks version 2, enhancements to iTunes U, and a new iBooks Author...
View ArticleSeptember Snippets – A look to the future
The Future of Education: Epic 2020 Thanks to David Hopkins’s eLearning Blog for this video. Evolving Personal Information Construct (EPIC) - just-in-time knowledge and information that keeps you...
View ArticlePublish your own eBook
2EPUB allows teachers and students to convert PDF, doc and other types of documents and books to ePub format, the standard format for ebooks, supported by almost every reading device including iPad,...
View ArticleRSC Scotland – Technology Week
It’s All Geek to Me! Don’t know your iPad from your iPod? Bamboozled by bytes and frazzled by formats? If you’ve been waiting for a simple guide to using multimedia technology your wait is over! Join...
View ArticleeBooks and Accessibility
Readable with eyes, ears and fingers Margaret McKay advisor – Access & Inclusion In February Jisc Techdis organised an eBooks and Accessibility event called e-Books and Accessibility Ugly Duckling...
View ArticlePartnership brings a new approach to sharing mobile content
Lecturers, learners and researchers across the UK now have access to over 14,000 additional full text e-books and thousands of pages of primary source material on their tablets and mobile devices...
View ArticleDevelopments in Accessible Content – Perth College: Thursday 17th October 2013
Please join us at our forthcoming event which will focus on developments in accessible content. Please also feel free to share with other colleagues who may be interested in this event. When? Thursday...
View ArticleE-books for FE project provides new titles to improve online teaching and...
This year Jisc Collections is investing £200,000 to provide additional content to the E-books for FE project, which is available on a free subscription to further education (FE) colleges across the UK....
View ArticleRSCtv Watch again! Not Big, not clever….but not trivial. Accessing textbooks...
The increase in eBooks and eBook platforms offer an opportunity for people with print impairment to access resources in formats that meet their needs. The question is how can staff in colleges and...
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